My writing is rooted in images. Words and images, to me, are always intertwined. I write about very brief, but emotionally charged, moments in time. With each word that I use to describe an emotion comes a distinct image. My writing is something like a lens, through it I see how I feel.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Dilated Eyes

We stare at each otherWith dilated eyesThrough distorted fishbowl lenses.

You glow in the yoke of your skin,You feel at ease and that slowOchre makes you laughSmiles that harden your cheeks and shrivelYour hair into nests.

I wish you would close your eyes,You're opening them and too muchBleeds at their centers.